Joe S. McIlhaney, Jr., M.D.

Joe S. McIlhaney, Jr., M.D., is a board-certified obstetrician/gynecologist. In 2001, Dr. McIlhaney was appointed to the Presidential Advisory Council on HIV/AIDS. He also serves on the Advisory Committee to the Director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.

In 1995, he left his private practice of 28 years to devote his full-time attention to working with the Medical Institute for Sexual Health, a nonprofit medical/educational research organization he established in 1992. As an innovator in the field of reproductive medicine, he introduced laparoscopy, gynecologic microsurgery and laser surgery to the Central Texas area. Along with three other physicians, Dr. McIlhaney was instrumental in bringing in-vitro fertilization and embryo transfer to Austin, Texas.

Dr. McIlhaney has co-authored over six books including Hooked: The Brain Science on How Casual Sex Affects Human Development, and 1001 Health-Care Questions Women Ask.